Refugees and asylum seekers in Cambridge will be treated to a football match as part of a campaign to kick out racism and discrimination from the game.

Daniel Zeichner MP is to meet refugees and asylum seekers at Cambridge United FC on Monday, April 17. The club will be hosting a number of refugees and asylum seekers living locally to their home game as part of a new Amnesty International initiative to celebrate the contribution refugees have made to football.

The event will be followed by a Kick It Out match between Cambridge and Exeter. Cambridge United has delivered anti-discrimination assemblies to more than 4,000 local children with the help of its first team players.

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Daniel Zeichner, a season ticket holder at Cambs Glass Stadium, said: “Cambridge United Community Trust have shown yet again that they are doing fantastic work to remove discrimination from football by teaching our children about the best values of the sport.

“Cambridge is a proud city of diversity and tolerance. Cambridge United play a hugely important role in the life of our city, especially at the moment by their commitment to working better internationally to solve the refugee and asylum crisis.”

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The event follows the MP's recent visit to the club’s Chesterton Soccer School with first team player Josh Coulson, Cambridge United Community Trust chief executive Ben Szreter and members of Cambridge United Women’s FC to launch the club’s Kick It Out campaign on Friday, February 17.